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FATHER REBUTTED THE STATUTORY PRESUMPTION THAT THE CHILD’S MEDICAL CONDITION WAS THE RESULT OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE, NEGLECT AND ABUSE FINDINGS REVERSED (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Family Court, determined the respondent father had rebutted the presumption that the child’s medical condition was caused by abuse with medical evidence. Because the neglect and abuse petition relied entirely on the statutory presumption, the neglect and abuse findings were not supported:

Family Ct Act § 1046 (a) (ii) provides that petitioner may establish “a prima facie case of child abuse or neglect . . . through evidence that the child sustained an injury that would ordinarily not occur absent an act or omission of the respondent, and that the respondent was the caretaker of the child at the time that the injury occurred” … . Contrary to respondent’s contention, petitioner did so here. It was undisputed that respondent was alone with the child when she stopped breathing, and the consulting pediatrician testified to her involvement in the child’s case and the reasons that she became convinced that recent, nonaccidental trauma was the only explanation for the child’s condition.

This prima facie case did not guarantee a finding of abuse or neglect, but “establish[ed] a rebuttable presumption of parental culpability which the court may or may not accept based upon all the evidence in the record”… . Petitioner must still prove abuse or neglect by a preponderance of the evidence and, importantly, proof of “a reasonable explanation for the child’s injuries” will rebut the presumption of culpability … . As such, before relying upon the presumption set forth by Family Ct Act § 1046 (a) (ii), “the court should consider such factors as the strength of the prima facie case and the credibility of the witnesses testifying in support of it, the nature of the injury, the age of the child, relevant medical or scientific evidence and the reasonableness of the caretaker’s explanation in light of all the circumstances” … . Matter of Liana HH. (Christopher HH.), 2018 NY Slip Op 07001, Third Dept 10-18-18

FAMILY LAW (NEGLECT, ABUSE, FATHER REBUTTED THE STATUTORY PRESUMPTION THAT THE CHILD’S MEDICAL CONDITION WAS THE RESULT OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE, NEGLECT AND ABUSE FINDINGS REVERSED (THIRD DEPT))/NEGLECT (FAMILY  LAW, FATHER REBUTTED THE STATUTORY PRESUMPTION THAT THE CHILD’S MEDICAL CONDITION WAS THE RESULT OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE, NEGLECT AND ABUSE FINDINGS REVERSED (THIRD DEPT))/ABUSE (FAMILY  LAW, FATHER REBUTTED THE STATUTORY PRESUMPTION THAT THE CHILD’S MEDICAL CONDITION WAS THE RESULT OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE, NEGLECT AND ABUSE FINDINGS REVERSED (THIRD DEPT))/EVIDENCE (FAMILY LAW, NEGLECT, ABUSE, FATHER REBUTTED THE STATUTORY PRESUMPTION THAT THE CHILD’S MEDICAL CONDITION WAS THE RESULT OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE, NEGLECT AND ABUSE FINDINGS REVERSED (THIRD DEPT))

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